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THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
SECTION 1: Equality of rights under the Ian
shall not be denied or abridged by tho United
States or by any state on account of sex.
SECTION 2: The Congress shall have the power
to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the
provisions of this article.
SECTION 3: This eaendment shall take effect
two years after the date of ratification.
(complete text)
January, 1982
Vol une 2, #1
NATIONAL
UNIVERSITY
NOW at the University of Houston, Founded 1981.
M. J. Sonmerfeld, President
E. G. Feld, Treasurer
R. Daumas, Membership
J. Evansgardner, Public Relations
S. Forschler, Action Team Coordinator
ANATOMY IS NOT NECESSARILY DESTINY
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court decided the case of Roe v. Wade. The result
guarantees to women the right to early abortions under the constitutional right to privacy (although it allows states to regulate
in the interests of the pregnant woman in
the second trimester and holds that states
may have a compelling state interest in
prohibiting abortions to preserve the fetus'
life during the third trimester.) The decision represents a monumental step forward
for equality between the sexes. Until women
have complete control over their reproductive lives, they will never have control
over their destiny as individuals.
However, the far-right led by the Catholic
Hierarchy and religious fundamentalists, has
coalesced on this issue and bitterly fought
to eliminate/reduce this choice and many
others available to women now. They have
produced and disseminated large quantities
of propaganda and misinformation on the
subject. Several groups are holding film
programs, etc. on this campus.
To help maintain the rights recognized by
Roe v. Wade and to counter the anti-choice
propaganda, we are organizing a workshop to
be held on Saturday, January 23rd. But we
intend to cover the field of reproductive
health broadly rather than limiting our attention to abortion, since each woman's
control over her destiny requires knowledge
and understanding of both the reproductive
processes jind the medical empire that has
grown up around it (and is still virtually
entirely in the hands of traditionally
sexist persons.)
CELEBRATION
According to Virginia Woolf, it is necessary
for a woman "to have five hundred a year and
a room with a lock on the door if you are to
write fiction or poetry." This statement
holds true as well for visual arts, dance or
theatre, and scholarly endeavor. Unfortunately, it holds as true now as it did in
1928. (Too many of us know this fact
through experience.)
So this month's program meeting will be a
celebration of women's art and a reception.
There are two aims to having a reception
celebrating women's art. The first is to
provide a forum in which to display feminist
art and to celebrate the striving and.the
success in the production of this art. The
reception will enable us to introduce NOW to
the campus and let people know what our organization stands for. If you would like to
help in the planning, organizing and production of this program, PLEASE call me,
521-2824.
Some of the suggested workshops include:
Legislative Outlook (Local, State and
National)
Pros and Cons of Available Birth Control
Midwifery
Women's Self Health
History of Reproductive Rights in the
United States
Other possibilities might include:
International Reproductive Rights
Reflection on Art Produced by Women
Relating to Their Reproductive
Processes.
The holiday and between term break have
slowed down work on this project. WE NEED
HELP. To make your contribution in making
this important project a success, call me,
(521-2824) or JoAnn (741-4009.)
Jeanne Sonmerfeld & JoAnn Evansgardner